Virat Kohli was in action in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Monday as Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) hosted Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru.
The India international has been in phenomenal form in this IPL and has already scored 103 runs in two innings.
How much did Virat Kohli score against Lucknow Super Giants today?
Kohli got off to a flying start and completed his 50 in 35 balls. However, he soon got out to Amit Mishra trying to pull a short ball over mid-wicket for a six, but could not clear the ropes ad was caught by Marcus Stoinis.
He scored 61, hitting four fours and an equal number of sixes, off 44 balls at a strike rate of 138.
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How many runs did Virat Kohli score in IPL 2022?
The star batsman went through a rough patch last season as he managed to score just 341 runs in 16 matches even though his team reached the playoffs.
Kohli hit just two half-centuries in the entire season and recorded an average of 22.73.
Matches | Runs | Avg. | H.S | 100s | 50s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
16 | 341 | 22.73 | 73 | 0 | 2 |
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How many runs has Virat Kohli scored in IPL history?
Kohli is the only player in the history of IPL to play for just one team since the tournament's inception. In 16 seasons for RCB, he has scored 6706 runs in 224 IPL matches.
The most successful season of Kohli's IPL career was in 2016 when he scored a massive 973 runs which included four centuries. That is the most runs any player had ever scored in a single edition of the competition.
Year | Team | Matches | Runs | 100 | 50 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | RCB | 13 | 165 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | RCB | 16 | 246 | 0 | 1 |
2010 | RCB | 16 | 307 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | RCB | 16 | 557 | 0 | 4 |
2012 | RCB | 16 | 364 | 0 | 2 |
2013 | RCB | 16 | 634 | 0 | 6 |
2014 | RCB | 14 | 359 | 0 | 2 |
2015 | RCB | 16 | 505 | 0 | 3 |
2016 | RCB | 16 | 973 | 4 | 7 |
2017 | RCB | 10 | 308 | 0 | 4 |
2018 | RCB | 14 | 530 | 0 | 4 |
2019 | RCB | 14 | 464 | 1 | 2 |
2020 | RCB | 15 | 466 | 0 | 3 |
2021 | RCB | 15 | 405 | 0 | 3 |
2022 | RCB | 16 | 341 | 0 | 2 |
2023 | RCB | 3 | 164 | 0 | 2 |
Total | 225 | 6788 | 5 | 46 |